Roger Wright, chief executive of Aldeburgh Music, said: "It's something quirky and you might be able to attract an audience which maybe doesn't know which concert hall it should be going to or what a concert hall experience really is.

"We look to Ipswich as part of our geographical outreach and part of the community we want to attract to the whole range of things Aldeburgh Music puts on."

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The multi-storey car park next to Endeavour House in Ipswich is for council staff only

'Long and boring'

The Multi-Story Orchestra was founded in 2011 with the aim of introducing news audiences to classical music using non-concert hall locations.

Kate Whitley, orchestra founder, said: "We initially spent a day walking around pretty much every car park in Ipswich and found the acoustics were better in this one than the one we're based in in Peckham.

"When I was young and trying to get my friends to come to classical concerts they were often incredibly long and boring and they would say 'never again', so I've started putting on short concerts in places where you wouldn't expect classical music."

The performance will also feature pupils from local schools including Northgate High and Rushmere Hall and Sidegate primaries.